About Us

The Innovation Fund is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) resulting from the Academic Health Science Centre Alternative Funding Plan (AHSC AFP) that now includes more than 5,000 physicians working in 16 of Ontario’s AHSCs.

What We Do

The Innovation Fund was established to fund pilot projects evaluating new approaches to deliver better medical care to Ontarians. The process is accessible to all academic physicians participating in an AHSC AFP who are invited to submit their proposals. These proposals are then subjected to a competitive peer review to select the most appropriate projects.

IF Awards 2017 Winners!

We receive many nominations from our participating Governance Organizations and our reviewers were most impressed with the quality of work being undertaken by our AHSC AFP physicians and their project teams. This year, the nominations were grouped into 5 categories, and the winners chosen from among the excellent nominations in each group.

December 1, 2018
AFP Governance Organizations upload G3 (information about guidelines and procedures) to IFPOC (required for all GOs in Year XI).

December 1, 2018
IFPOC issues call for nominations for participation in Showcase 2019.

December 1-31, 2018
AFP Governance Organizations nominate for Showcase participants (and Awards) with final nominations due to IFPOC by January 9, 2019.

January 9, 2019
All AFP Governance Organizations upload G1. Those AFP Governance Organizations submitting funding requests for NEW (not renewal) projects (and any contingency project) will upload P1 and P2 for each new Year 11 project.

January 14 – February 8, 2019
IFPOC reviews proposals and submits to the GOs questions or concerns about eligibility or whether the proposals meet the requirements established by IFPOC or the individual Governance Organizations. The AFP Governance Organizations will respond to IFPOC with explanations or the submission of alternate proposals.

Latest Framework Version

Deadline is January 12, 2018. The Funding Request Form (G1) has two purposes:

a) To confirm that previously funded projects are on track and should receive their second year funds
b) To confirm that projects selected by the Governance Organization have been reviewed and approved by the relevant hospital and university.

A G1 is required annually from EACH Governance Organization, regardless of whether or not they are submitting new projects for funding.

NEW: It also includes an option to submit projects for consideration by IFPOC for the next Innovation Fund Showcase.

Deadline is December 1, 2017. Policy Confirmation Form G3 confirms a Governance Organization’s: selection process, conflict of interest guidelines, definition of innovation (if different or more specific than those of IFPOC), and health care priorities (if you have any for Innovation Fund).

A complete Project Proposal consists of two documents: the Project Proposal P1 and the Project Budget P2. In order to be eligible for funding, both elements must be included in the submission to your Governance Organization. To download a P1, for details about the P1, please see page 15 of the Year VII Framework.

Deadlines vary and are dependent on local Governance Organization rules. Please contact your local Governance Organization for details.

A complete Project Proposal consists of two documents: the Project Budget P2 and the Project Proposal P1. In order to be eligible for funding, both elements must be included in the submission to your Governance Organization.

Instructions on how to insert a new row into P2

Deadlines – a final report should be submitted within 60 days after completion of the project first to the AHSC AFP Governance Organization. Once the Governance Organization has reviewed and approved the report, they will submit it to IFPOC. All Final Reports must be received by IFPOC within 2 years after the end of the term of Innovation Funding (e.g. Projects receiving one year of funding in March 2013 must report by March 2016, and Projects receiving two years of funding in March 2013 must report by March 2017). At the end of this period, regardless of status of the project, a report is required and unspent funds must be returned. If no report is received, an explanation should be provided to IFPOC and the Ministry and ALL IF funding for the project will be returned.

A complete Final Report consists of two documents: the Final Report P3, and the Final Budget P4. Both elements must be included in the reporting to your Governance Organization.

Deadlines – a final budget should be submitted within 60 days after completion of the project first to your AHSC AFP Governance Organization. Once the Governance Organization has reviewed and approved the budget, they will submit it to IFPOC. All Final Budgets must be received by IFPOC within 2 years after the end of the term of Innovation Funding (e.g. Projects receiving one year of funding in March 2013 must report by March 2016, and Projects receiving two years of funding in March 2013 must report by March 2017). At the end of this period, regardless of status of the project, a budget and report is required and unspent funds must be returned. If no budget or report is received, an explanation should be provided to IFPOC and the Ministry and ALL IF funding for the project will be returned.

A complete Final Report consists of two documents: the Final Budget P4, and the Final Report P3. Both elements must be included in the reporting to your Governance Organization.

Instructions on how to insert a new row into P4

May only be used in year immediately following funding year, to extend a one-year project to a two-year project.

Is for the use of ONLY those Governance Organizations that fund projects for only one year at a time – at present, WCH and CAMH.

It indicates that a project status has changed from a one-year project to a two-year project, tells us how much Year 2 funding is being approved, and changes the due date of the final report. It then also requires that the GO fill in an online “annual report”.

Instructions on how to insert a new row into P5

D is a declaration by Project Leads whose projects were selected as “alternates” during the initial round of any given competition. If these Projects Leads are later invited to proceed with their project, they must first fill in Form D for review and approval by their Governance Organization and by IFPOC.

December 1, 2018
AFP Governance Organizations upload G3 (information about guidelines and procedures) to IFPOC (required ONLY if any changes have been made since Year XI)

December 1, 2018
IFPOC issues call for nominations for participation in Showcase 2019

December 1-31, 2018
AFP Governance Organizations nominate for Showcase participants (and Awards) with final nominations due to IFPOC by January 9, 2019.

January 9, 2019
All AFP Governance Organizations upload G1. Those AFP Governance Organizations submitting funding requests for NEW (not renewal) projects (and any contingency project) will upload P1 and P2 for each new Year 11 project.

January 14 - February 8, 2019
IFPOC reviews proposals and submits to the GOs questions or concerns about eligibility or whether the proposals meet the requirements established by IFPOC or the individual Governance Organizations. The AFP Governance Organizations will respond to IFPOC with explanations or the submission of alternate proposals.